East Main Street Bridge (Corbin, Kentucky) Explained

East Main Street Bridge
Coordinates:36.9531°N -84.0944°W
Built:1890
Builder:Louisville Bridge
Et al.
Architecture:Pratt through truss
Added:March 28, 1986
Mpsub:Corbin MRA
Refnum:86000605

The East Main Street Bridge in Corbin, Kentucky, spanning Lynn Camp Creek between Knox County, Kentucky and Whitley County, Kentucky, was built in 1890. Also known as the Engineers Street Bridge, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

It is a Pratt truss through truss bridge built by the Louisville Bridge Co. It brings Engineers St. (formerly E. Main St.) across Lynn Camp Creek in Corbin.

It was an old bridge of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad which was offered to the city in 1902.[1] They donated the railroad bridge which was moved into place in 1905 as a road bridge, which was later converted to a pedestrian bridge.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=86000605}} Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory: East Main Street Bridge / Engineers Street Bridge ]. National Park Service. Helen Powell . 1984 . June 20, 2018. With